Neptune is an ice giant, composed primarily of hydrogen, helium, and methane, with a hot, dense fluid of icy materials above a small rocky core. Neptune has 14 known moons and at least five main rings ...

Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system ... wind event that colored scientists’ conclusions about the ice giant.

This planet was discovered 244 years ago on 13th March 1781 by William Herschel. Here are 7 UNIQUE things to know about this ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Ancient glaciers triggered floods that altered ocean chemistry, supporting evolving life. Scientists uncover how past events ...

6, 2023 — Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system's other ice giant, the planet Uranus.

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new low in satellite records going back to the late 1970s.

which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded, satellite data shows. Sea-ice around the north and south poles acts like a giant mirror by reflecting ...

The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in the light from its star. From pole to equator, the sphere is covered in a thick crust of ice. In orbit around the white planet is a single cratered ...

"When these giant ice sheets melted, they triggered enormous ... activity set off chemical chain reactions that reshaped the planet." Professor Kirkland said the study also offered a new ...

If we continue adding carbon to the atmosphere, we’ll very likely create an ice-free planet, with an average ... of islands and the Central Valley a giant bay. The Gulf of California would ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. The cool ...